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Someone has started a petition to have legendary DJ Funkmaster Flex removed from Hot 97. There has always been word that DJ Funkmaster Flex was not someone who was willing to give up his position at Hot 97 for his slot. Despite constant critiques from everywhere for the old man to step down, and give the younger people a shot he decided to stay where he was...

Tomorrow (July 25), Hot 97's fourth annual Push 4 Peace summit takes place at the Brooklyn Borough Hall. Hosted by Hot 97 talk show host and FOX 5 news reporter, Lisa Evers, and Brooklyn Borough Hall president, Eric. L. Adams, the event calls upon the local youth with efforts to minimize violence and crime within the city...

Yesterday (July 7), Joey Bada$$ and the rest of his Pro Era crew threw the first annual Steez Day in honor of their fallen friend and collaborator, Capital STEEZ. On what would have been his 22nd birthday, his Pro Era cohorts teamed up with a slew of favorites in the New York underground at Central Park's Rumsey Playfield to give fans a memorable night...

  Last week, Russell Simmons showed up to the Hot 97 studios to discuss with Ebro and Rosenberg a handful of things. First on the agenda were the tragic murders in Charleston, which had taken place just the night before. From there, the Def Jam founder went on to discuss the racial inequalities that exist within the five boroughs--and the systems in place to preserve those inequalities. In ... Rea

Earlier today (June 18), Def Jam founder and hip-hop pioneer Russell Simmons stopped by Hot 97's Ebro in the Morning to discuss a bevy of issues, including yesterday's grisly mass murder in Charleston, South Carolina. And while Simmons had plenty to say about that, he didn't mince words for his hometown of New York...

To this point, GoldLink has remained remarkably quiet. For someone his age--the upstart rapper says he's 22--he's unique for mostly eschewing the transparency and artist-to-fan interaction that the Internet affords. Though his first mixtape, The God Complex, owes its popularity to digital communities, the 2015 XXL Freshman has been remarkably quiet on social media and reserved in interview setting

With his debut LP, Summertime '06, due out at the end of this month on Def Jam, Vince Staples stopped by the Hot 97 studios to chat with Ebro and Rosenberg. He brought with him Tyler, the Creator (since he first garnered attention with Shyne Coldchain, Vol...

Travi$ Scott's performance at Hot 97's Summer Jam made headlines, though probably not for the reasons the aspiring artist had hoped. Scott was widely criticized for calling a festival photographer a "nerd" and demanding that he remove himself from the stage...

"First of all, Chuck E. Cheese, they should be paying me to even say their name." Rumors fly, people talk, Kanye West calls Hot 97. That's exactly what happened today (June 11), when the Chicago superstar hopped on the phone with Nessa and Ebro to address whispers about the sex of his second child and a story about him kicking a group of kids out of the arcade-slash-animatronic band grav

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Childish Gambino was originally scheduled to perform at Hot 97's Summer Jam concert yesterday (June 7), but the Atlanta MC was not there. Reports said the Community actor-turned-rap star was absent, which was confirmed by Hot 97. Reps from Hot 97 said there was a change in the lineup for their annual show and Gambino was not present; another source indicates that the lineup change was made some ti

One of the biggest hip-hop events of the year is going down this weekend and Tidal is bringing the concert to those who can't make it to New Jersey. Beginning at 2 P.M. EST on Sunday, Tidal will exclusively live stream the 2015 edition of Hot 97's Summer Jam concert ...